Scuffles broke out as the protesting lawyers shouting "Bharat Mata ki Jai" ordered the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students and journalists out of the courtroom, witnesses said.

A journalist said he too was attacked by some lawyers, while another section of lawyers protected him. He cited he saw other journalists also being attacked. Some JNU students stated that lawyers shouting "Long Live India, Down with JNU" physically forced them out of the court premises.